New York explosion injures multiple people on Saturday: police
NEW YORK - An explosion in New York's Chelsea neighborhood injured multiple people Saturday night, police said.
"Explosion happened at roughly 8:30pm (0030 GMT Sunday) on 23rd street between 6th and 7th avenues," in Manhattan, spokesman J. Peter Donald tweeted. "Several injured transported to area hospitals."
The blast comes hours after a pipe bomb exploded in a garbage can in Seaside Park, New Jersey during a Marine Corps charity run.
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